Cultivator



(No Model.)

L. D. MONROE are. W. WIGGINS.

GULTIVATOR. No. 330,341. Patented Nov. 10,1885.

WITNESSES Gm 271% M a /WW g fi UNITED STATES PATENT- Orrrcn.

LORENZO D. MONROE AND GEORGE W. WIGGINS, OF MORGAN, GEORGIA.

CULTIVATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,341, dated November10, 1885;

Application filed April 16, 1885. Serial No. 162,456. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, LORENZO Dow lVION- ROE and GEORGE W. WIGGINs,citizens of the United States, residing in Morgan, in the county ofCalhoun and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Cultivators; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which-Figure l is a plan view of the cultivator, looking downward from above.Fig. 2 is a side view of the same with one of the cultivator-beamsremoved. Fig. 3 is an end view showing how the side cultivator-beams areattached to the center cultivatorbeam.

This invention relates to cultivators; and it consists in the detailedconstruction of the parts hereinafter described, by which the arms whichcarry the cultivator-blades are made adjustable upon any part of thesaid cultivator-beams, and also adjustable at any angle thereto. Thisinvention further consists in the combination, with a centralcultivator-beam, of side beams, also carrying ad'- justable arms, and ofan adjustable draftbar, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, similar letters of referenceindicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

A is a cultivator-beam, provided with the handles a for guiding it.

B is an arm for carrying the cultivatorblade, provided with bolts b,bywhich the sides of arm B may be drawn together and caused to clip thebeam A tightly between them.

Ois a foot pivoted upon the upper bolt 7), and provided with projections0 upon the under surface of it, which projections, when the block orfoot is clamped on the beam, project thereinto, forming indentations orsockets, such as shown at a, by means of which construction the foot ispositively held from slipping, as will be understood.

I) is a brace pivoted by the pin d to the arm B, and extending backwardtherefrom.

E is a clip bent over two sides of the beam A. One end of this clip isprovided with a hole, through which the bolt d passes and unites it tothe brace D. The other end of clip E has a square hole, 6, in it,through which the end of brace D passes.

F is the draft-bar, provided at one end with the rams-horn hook f, bywhich it may be attached to the whiffietree direct without using anyclevis. The other end of draft-bar F is pivoted to the angle-barf, whichis attached to the beam A by the boltf G are the side beams of thecultivator. Each of these is provided with an adjustable arm, B, forcarrying a cultivator-blade similar to that used on the center beam, A.Each end of the side beams, G, is provided with an angle-bar, 9,attached to it by suitable bolts, 9. The bent ends of these angle-barsoverlap, so that the said beams may be arranged to work a variousdistance apart.

H are bolts, provided with nuts, and with a clip-plate, h. These boltspass through the center beam, A, and clamp the angle-bars g of the sidebeams firmly to it when screwed up.

I is a clip for clamping the draft-bar F to the anglebars g. Thedraft-bar can be arranged to work on either side of the center beam, A,and can be adjusted to work at any distance from it by sliding it alongthe anglebars 9 before tightening the clip I.

\Vhen desired, the center beam can be used without either of the sidebeams, and only one cultivator-blade employed. In this case thedraft-bar is clipped to the center beam, so as to pull central. In likemanner either or both of the side beams can be used in combination withthe center beam, and two or three cultivatorbeams employed, thedraft'bar being clipped to the angle-bars to suit them, as beforedescribed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- V 1. The combination, with the main beamand the side beams, adj ustably and removably secured thereto, of an armextended laterally from the main beam, and a draft-bar pivoted at oneend to said lateral bar, and having its other end projected in advanceof the forward point of connection of the main and side beams andadjustable laterally, and a clamp whereby said draft-bar maybe held atany desired point of adjustment, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the beam, the stand ICO ard having arms lapped onopposite sidesof the beam, afoot-block pivoted between said arms andhaving its under side provided with projections or studs adapted toengage the beam, a bolt connecting the arms of thestandard close to thebeam and on the side thereof opposite the foot-block, a brace pivoted atone end to the standard, and a fastening whereby the other end of thebrace may be held adjustably to the beam, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

3. The combination of the main beam, the side-beam arms rigidlyconnected at one end to the side beams and extended inwardly and lappingone upon the other against the main beam, and clips secured to thecenter beam and embracing the lapped portion of the arms of the oppositeside beams, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the beam, the branched standard, a foot-blockpivoted between its ends and having studs or projections, a bolt, 12,the brace D, an angle-clip having one arm lapped alongside the beam andthe other extended across the same, and providedvwith an opening fittedover the end of the brace D, and a bolt extending under the beamconnecting the side arm of the clip and the brace. substantially as setforth.

LORENZO D. MONROE. GEORGE W. WIGGINS. Witnesses:

L. G. CARTLIDGE, JOHN J. RAGAN.

